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The March for Science A Students’ Association movement has garnered (SA) Government initiative attention on the national level, to create multilingual maps, but even at UR, students and campus tours, and other ad- faculty have made efforts to missions materials cleared respond to the cuts to science a major hurdle Wednesday funding discussed by the Trump when it gained the support of administration. the Office of Admissions and This uptick in academic Financial Aid. activism continued on The initiative is being Friday, with the “Science and spearheaded by Campus Ser- Citizenship” teach-in, a day- vices Committee Chair and long series of short talks by senior senator Daniel Mat- science faculty. thews. He is joined by fellow The talks were held in the sophomore senators Jin Kim Hawkins-Carlson Room of and Beatriz Gil Gonzalez and Rush Rhees Library, starting YIYUN HUANG / PHOTO EDITOR legislative aides on the com- at 10:00 a.m. This year’s Joint Collegiate Black Student Summit focused on empowering students of color and their communities. mittee. The audience was small at “We want to make it more first, but grew throughout the accessible to families who day as students and professors don’t have English as their came and went. first language,” Matthews By noon, there was standing Black Student Summit Praised said, referring to the Univer- room only. sity. “You need a base under- Professor of Earth and By ANGELA LAI what we do from there.” PUBLISHER experienced isolation at pre- standing of English to come Environmental Sciences “It’s not enough to just pro- dominantly white institutions to UR, but if [international Carmala Garzione gave a talk test,” she said. “We’re go- (PWIs) like UR. students’] families come titled “The Scientific Process: Rochester Mayor Lovely ing to do something about it UR administrators and stu- over, we want this informa- Why we should trust science to Warren proclaimed March 3, now.” dents also noted the difficul- tion to be easily and readily guide policy” and dealt largely 2017 a day to commemorate Warren—the first female ties that can come with being available to them.” with the “built-in checks and the Joint Collegiate Black and second African American an underrepresented group on Matthews noted that in ad- balances” in the scientific Student Summit (JCBSS)— mayor of Rochester—said campus. Though UR has sup- dition to maps, admissions method that make it trustworthy. a gathering of black leaders that students demand to be port systems in place like the materials, and campus tours, Garzione said she was and students organized by heard “from the president’s Office of Minority Student he is hoping that UR will prompted to get involved UR students—at the 2017 office all the way down to the Affairs and the Kearns Cen- also implement multilingual in the teach-in due to her summit’s opening ceremony R.A. on the floor,” recalling ter, not all students know of convocation and commence- concerns about the Trump this past Friday. her own experiences as a stu- and use them, and it can feel ment materials and orienta- administration, especially And in talks with event or- dent at a PWI and encourag- as though those systems are tion events. Currently, UR what she described as the ganizers and attendees, the ing students to “keep doing limited. provides prospective students administration’s unwillingness summit seemed a success— what you’re doing.” Hudson reiterated Moody’s with the opportunity to take a to let energy and environmental in follow-through and in im- Other speakers touched on belief that black student can virtual campus tour in Eng- policies be guided by scientific pact on the students it was the importance of effective feel isolated at PWIs. lish, Arabic, French, Man- research. directed toward. advocacy, mentorship, and a When your community darin, Spanish, Korean, and Another speaker, Professor “The importance of this shared sense of community doesn’t have the same re- Portuguese. of Chemistry Lewis Rothberg, event is so that black students and identity among people of sources as those of some The Meridian Society, discussed his current efforts to understand that their black color. peers, and world events seem which gives campus tours in teach environmental science in identity is not a burden, it’s a “It’s important for black in- to say “that people that look foreign languages upon re- his general chemistry course. blessing,” Junior and JCBSS dividuals to see other black like you are not worth any- quest, had not heard of the Rothberg hopes to improve the Chairwoman Amber Hudson individuals who are success- thing, that they’re less than, initiative, but emphasized the “environmental literacy” of his said. “And it’s actually a gift ful,” freshman and the sum- and they’re being killed, and importance of showcasing the students, noting that while most because there are so many mit’s executive director Ja- your families are being at- diversity of UR. of the American population is things within the black cul- mal Holtz said. “They get to tacked,” she said, it can affect “One of the most important ill-informed on environmental ture that we can celebrate and see someone the same skin from different students. priorities for the Meridian issues, he hopes to inspire his highlight and use to build up color or came from the same This year’s summit also Society is to emphasize the students to make career, voting each other.” background as them and see featured talks by: CEO of La- importance of diversity at our and life choices that will have Whereas last year’s sum- that they made it out or they Lew Public Relations Jessica university,” Meridian Society an impact on the environment. mit focused on addressing found a way for better oppor- Lewis; President of Roch- leaders senior Suneet Waghm- Other speakers included protests and activism at PWIs tunities.” ester Black Bar Association arae and sophomore Rochelle Professor of Biology Jack across the country, this year’s Junior Delvin Moody Duwaine Bascoe; panelists Sun said in an email. “We cur- Werren, who spoke about theme, “forward together,” founded the summit two Kyvaughn Henry, Simone rently have several Meridians “Evidence for Evolution,” and centered on empowering stu- years ago to create a network Johnson, Kevin Graham, and that can speak multiple lan- Assistant Professor of Earth and dents of color and their com- for black student unions, as Mariffer Acosta Pizarro; and a guages and [...] this semester Environmental Sciences Vasilii munities. well as a forum to discuss the keynote speech by Mentoring alone we have had Meridians Petrenko, who gave a talk on Many raise awareness improvement of college com- to Manhood executive direc- give campus tours in Hebrew, the history of Earth’s climate. about issues facing the black munities. Moody felt that mi- tor Daon McLarin Johnson. Chinese, and ASL.” Peter Neff, a postdoctoral community, Hudson said, nority organizations, particu- Lai is a member of Matthews added: “We’re researcher in UR’s Earth and “but no one’s talking about larly black student groups, the Class of 2018. working with the Modern

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TEACH-IN FROM PAGE 1 experts agree about this,” he said. “We also know that the Environmental Sciences consequences will be bad, (EES) department, says the but if we act now we can inspiration for the event avoid the worst of them. So, came when the Humanities this scientific understand- Center held a similar Teach- ing needs to be very quickly In last month. translated to policy action, “The idea for a science ver- nationally and international- sion came from Karen Berger ly. Scientists are organizing (EES) and Andrew Berg- events and marches because er (Optics), so really they we need decisions made at kicked it off and I helped or- the national level to incor- ganize,” Neff said in an email porate the best scientific un- interview with the Campus derstanding in order to avoid Times. making the wrong decisions ‘I think we [...] It is extremely dangerous to ignore science and push on need to seek with a political agenda.” Neff also mentioned the outreach Trump administration’s pro- posal to reduce funding for opportunities the Environmental Protec- tion Agency (EPA) and the YIYUN HUANG / PHOTO EDITOR that extend National Oceanic and Atmo- The Campus Services Committee’s initiative will translate campus maps into other languages to assist foreign visitors in spheric Administration as an- navigating UR’s campus. to broader other cause for concern. Gar- MAPS FROM PAGE 1 in Wilson Commons and which may not translate ex- zione shared this sentiment. Gleason Library this week actly,” Lin—an international audiences “[Research done by gov- dergraduate Council.” signalled support for the student from China—ex- ernmental agencies] is criti- He also explained that initiative, though several ex- citedly said. “Our families than we have cal for making decisions that there was no current cost pressed some concerns over want to learn about our lives are in the public’s best inter- estimate on implementation its implementation, primar- [at UR]. These materials will in the past,’ ests,” Garzione said, “and since he expected the bulk ily because of how many lan- gives parents an idea of what so there is a general concern of the translations to be done guages UR students speak. their children’s life is like Garzione said. that short term profits will by student volunteers. “I think it’s beneficial to at school. This can expand come at the cost of near- and Following Dean of Admis- make our community more knowledge of this university “The concept of a ‘teach- long-term impacts on the en- sions and Financial Aid Jon- accommodating,” sopho- beyond parents.” in’ has a very specific histor- vironment and human health athan Burdick’s recommen- more Kabir Al-Tariq said. Matthews said he hopes ical context, the first being that will also have high eco- dation, the Campus Services “But it’s a question of if [...] to have the initiative imple- initiated during the Vietnam nomic costs. The administra- Committee will be putting it can be pragmatic. It comes mented in part by Com- War,” Neff explained. “My tion is already in the process out a survey in the coming down to how many languag- mencement. understanding is that they of eliminating and reversing weeks to gauge student in- es you will have to work with He noted, however, that the sprung up after university several recent EPA rules and terest and support for the and if you can accommodate volunteer-based nature of the professors were criticized for there is discussion of pulling initiative. them all.” project and the large amount joining a one-day teaching out of the Paris Climate Ac- The method of distribu- Several international stu- of coordination necessary strike in protest of the war. cord.” tion, however, is still in dents, however, were excited means it may carry into fall The response to this was to, Garzione pointed out that it question, due to a desire to by the initiative. semester. in keeping with their respon- can be uncomfortable for sci- reach as many international Freshman Yifei Lin’s face Matthews, who graduates sibilities as faculty members, entists to take on the role of students as possible. The lit up as the initiative was in May, expressed confi- hold a marathon teach-in political advocates, however, survey also will provide the explained to her. dence that the Campus Ser- through the night.” because they are trained to committee with insight into “I’m lucky since my par- vices Committee would be Neff added that he saw eliminate bias and might be which languages students ents know English, but some able to successfully see the Friday’s Teach-In as “a very concerned about appearing to feel are of highest priority to of my friends’ [...] parents project through. civilized way to make a state- take a biased stance. implement. don’t know English, and they Schildkraut is a member of ment” on the current political Both Garzione and Neff Students interviewed have to translate [materials], the Class of 2020. and social climate. mentioned the necessity of Both Neff and Garzione reaching out to the public to referenced the timeliness of educate them on scientific is- the teach-in, especially re- sues. garding the policies of the “I think that we need to current presidential adminis- seek outreach opportunities Put tration. that extend to broader audi- Neff argued that the area ences than we have in the of greatest concern is climate past,” Garzione said. “We “Journalist” change. need convey the value of sci- “We know that we know ence much more broadly.” on Your Resume climate change is real, we Passanisi is a member of know it’s caused by us, and the Class of 2017. 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Write for us. Email [email protected] PAGE 5 / campustimes.org MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 OPINIONS EDITORIAL OBSERVER EDITORIAL BOARD The Invisible Minority A Clarification on Coverage There’s a minority on this riticism of the Cam- Bodek’s letter brings up fair is “just” student government, campus no one is talking pus Times’ coverage questions—why does it seem, when every student living on about. Despite the incredible is a longstanding, if for example, that most of the efforts our campus has made sporadic,C pastime at UR. CT’s reporting on SA so far to destigmatize race, ethnic- And it is a welcome one. this semester has been nega- It’s not ity, gender, sexuality, and dis- It’s nice to know, of course, tive? accurate to say that ability, no one is talking about that the paper’s readership is The answer lies in our news- By SARAH WEISS economic class. broad and attuned enough to room philosophy and coverage the Campus Times PRESENTATION EDITOR Granted, money is hard elicit letters to the editor. More calculus. shouldn’t take this to talk about, but there are importantly, that feedback is a The Campus Times, forever all so seriously, that I didn’t realize I came from plenty of students who will way to keep us in check. The reliant on volunteers, is short- a low-income home until I inadvertently make comments Campus Times is accountable staffed. This is despite the this is “just” student came to this university. that perpetuate their monetary only to its readers, after all— unprecedented uptick in read- government, when My family was considered privilege. When I hear people they’re who we think about ership and online strides over every student living well-off in rural Pennsylva- talk about their Canada Goose serving with every sentence the past year. nia; my parents are still to- jackets or Patagonia fleece, and every story. So when there’s only one on campus will pay gether, my mom went to col- I’m reminded of how excited The letter appearing in this or two writers to cover SA, SA $288 in student lege, and I bought my clothes I was to buy a new, brandless week’s issue, by former Cam- as is typically the case, and activity fees over the at the mall instead of the Sal- coat from Burlington as a kid. pus Times editor and current the choice is between writing vation Army. Am I offended? Absolutely Students’ Association (SA) about SA Government accom- course of this year Where I grew up, shop- not. I’m not here to scold Senator Mira Bodek, makes an plishments and SA Govern- and $296 over the ping at the thrift store wasn’t the upper-class for indulging effort to hold accountable the ment failures, we’re going to next. trendy or cool—it was for or tell people to “check their CT’s coverage this year of the choose the latter. poor people. To shop there for privilege.” It’s okay to be rich. SA Government, which has This is partly because SA fun would be a selfish insult Many families have worked Government can promote it- to our community’s needy. their asses off for generations So when there’s self, and there are better ways campus will pay SA $288 in Nobody vacationed in Eu- to stake a claim in the upper- for the CT to give our readers student activity fees over the rope during the holidays, kids class. only one or two value than by simply reiterat- course of this year and $296 worked to help support their I’m here to tell wealthy stu- writers to cover SA, ing SA’s PR. over the next. family, and going to college dents to open their eyes and as is typically the But it is also because the Just like professional papers was a privilege, not an expec- appreciate their parents’ hard Campus Times believes in keep tabs on official govern- tation. work, to feel lucky, and to see case, and the choice accountability journalism, a ments so that readers know How many kids at UR view their education as a gift. is between writing press that is predisposed to where their tax dollars are go- their education as a gift? Privilege perpetuates privi- about SA Government skepticism and giving voice to ing, the Campus Times does After sitting through count- lege, but awareness also per- the voiceless. and will do the same with SA less financial aid seminars petuates awareness. Take accomplishments The CT fulfills the second by Government and the students on this campus, there is one a moment to acknowledge and SA Government spotlighting students and staff, it serves. question I know will be asked the comfortable lifestyle failures, we’re going and their efforts, on campus. Our aim is not to needlessly every time: “Why is it so hard you were born or grew into. It fulfills the first through its publish articles that only paint to meet with your financial Sometimes acknowledging to choose the latter. coverage of SA and the UR SA in a poor light, or to create aid counselor?” Recently, I your own economic status is administration. controversy. But we will not listened as a female financial more about what you don’t Students should see the par- hesitate to aggressively write aid representative tried to an- do and say, not what you do. featured high-traffic pieces on allels between SA Government about our student government swer this question. Would she Do not complain about being flaws in SA’s 5K Challenge and actual public institutions. when it does a disservice to the answer better than her pre- the “poorest” kid at your pri- and the bureaucracy’s lagging It’s not accurate to say that the student body that put so much decessors? No, unfortunately vate high school. Do not talk and divisive rewrite of the SA Campus Times shouldn’t take of its personnel in power. she wouldn’t. She explained about the costly international Constitution. this all so seriously, that this The decision is clear. that appointments are easy trips you’ve been on without to make through email even being prompted to do so. Do though the financial aid de- not shop at Goodwill because partment doesn’t host drop- you want to be vintage. And This editorial is published with the consent of a majority of the editorial board: Justin Trombly (Editor-in-Chief), in hours. What she failed to please, do not assume I can Jesse Bernstein (Managing Editor), Vennela Pandaraboyina (Opinions Editor), Angela Lai (Publisher), Ben mention was the truth: if you afford to go out to eat on Fri- Schmitz (Sports Editor), and Alexandria Brown (Community Member). The Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial think financial aid is hard to day night because I go to this Board make themselves available to the UR community’s ideas and concerns. Email [email protected]. meet with, you’re probably university. rich enough that you haven’t Despite the dont’s, there are actually tried to contact your also do’s. Do thank your par- counselor. ents for providing you with a Let’s look at the facts. Ac- private education. Do value cording to University statis- your international experiences Campus Times tics, only 51 percent of stu- on a deeper lever and share dents who choose to come to your insights when asked. SERVING THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER COMMUNITY SINCE 1873 the University submit a FAF- Do donate your used clothes Wilson Commons 102 SA form and receive need- to Goodwill. And please, if University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 Office: (585) 275-5942 / Fax: (585) 273-5303 based aid. Essentially, 49 you invite me out to eat and campustimes.org / [email protected] percent of our student body I decline because of money, comes from a family deemed gracefully propose an alterna- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JUSTIN TROMBLY fiscally capable of paying for tive. MANAGING EDITOR JESSE BERNSTEIN college without assistance. In Ultimately, whether your AMANDA MARQUEZ ERIC FRANKLIN a study recently published by family is well-off, middle NEWS EDITORS HUMOR EDITOR DAVID SCHILDKRAUT LAUREN SHARPE TIME, less than one quarter class, or lower class, know SPORTS EDITORS VENNELA PANDARABOYINA TREVOR WHITESTONE of UR students are “normal” that your economic status OPINIONS EDITOR ISABEL DRUKKER YIYUN HUANG in comparison to the aver- doesn’t define you—your ac- A&E EDITORS PHOTO EDITOR BEN SCHMITZ SARAH WEISE age American family earning tions do. We’re all struggling PRESENTATION EDITOR SCOTT DANIELS SHAE RHINEHART $60K annually—the other to make tuition at a school like FEATURES EDITORS COPY CHIEF JAMES GUNN LUIS NOVA three quarters live within the this, regardless of the govern- ILLUSTRATION EDITOR SCOTT ABRAMS top 40 percent. Perhaps this ment’s or the school’s opinion SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR doesn’t startle you. Maybe the of our financial situation. PUBLISHER ANGELA LAI realization only 11 percent of There is poverty on this BUSINESS MANAGER NICOLE ARSENEAU UR students analyzed in the campus, maybe not the kind same study come from fami- marked by rags, but there is Full responsibility for material appearing in this publication rests with the Editor-in-Chief. Opinions expressed in columns, letters, op-eds, or comics are not necessarily the views of the editors or the University of Rochester. Campus Times is printed weekly on Mondays throughout the academic year, except around and during lies in the bottom 40 percent, a poverty we all must learn to University holidays. All issues are free. Campus Times is published on the World Wide Web at www.campustimes.org, and is updated Mondays following publication. whereas 6 percent of students be attuned to. Campus Times is SA funded. All materials herein are copyright © 2017 by Campus Times. come from families in the top Weiss is a member of 1 percent, will. the Class of 2020. It is our policy to correct all erroneous information as quickly as possible. If you believe you have a correction, please email [email protected]. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 / OPINIONS campustimes.org / PAGE 6 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Of Students, by Students, for Students By MIRA BODEK voices of students should be unfair. But I do believe that its projects had yet to amount to make the relationship between heard, and SA should thrive on continued focus on the negative anything. This seems to be the SA Government and the CT a ven if one is only tan- the demand that it continue to and astounding refusal to report case with the lack of coverage productive one, rather than a gentially aware of cam- do better. As a current SA sena- on productive SA Government on other initiatives. I understand confrontational one. I do not pus politics, it is not tor and a former editor with the efforts is disingenuous to its that results matter far more than mean that SA Government and difficultE to see that the relation- Campus Times, I am not asking readers. just efforts, but the lack of cover- the CT have to get along or even ship between the Campus Times students to stop being critical of The weekly Senate Summary age also continues the narrative work together. The Campus and the Students’ Association our campus government, is a positive step. But having that SA Government does noth- Times should not stop question- (SA) Government is strained at However, I am asking that seen a CT reporter at almost ing. Like I said, we are far from ing SA—it is not PR for us, but best and aggressively confronta- your criticisms have nuance. every Senate meeting this year, efficient or effective, but it is dis- we all know that far more people tional at worst. On both sides, I have watched I find it both surprising and un- ingenuous to say that we are not read and write to the CT than go It is only natural; we are stu- students at the Senate table take nerving that there has been little working to change that. to Senate meetings or reach out dents living in an age where CT criticism as a personal af- to no coverage of, to name a Conversely, to those in SA to SA leadership with their con- journalism has increasingly be- front, just as I have watched the few examples, the Student Life Government, we need to be cerns. come a vigilant watchdog: quick CT vie to unmask SA Govern- Committee’s town hall on cam- more respectful and accepting The Campus Times is the insti- to chase any immediate instinct ment in ways that make it dif- pus climate and subsequent of criticism and work to not take tution by which SA Government of abnormal action, good or bad. ficult to argue that there are not legislation, the Campus Service it so personally. We also need actions either get off the ground And, understandably and re- personal biases under the report- Committee’s work on promot- to cease the discussion of the through student support or get spectably, the Campus Times has ing. The anger and offense goes ing accessibility and disability idea that the CT is beholden to revamped due to student op- followed this trend and asked both ways—we’re all students awareness on campus, and the us because it is SA funded—our position. Both SA Government increasingly probing questions and we’re all people—and I rewriting and overhaul of the campus is one of the few that and the CT are fundamental to of SA Government: from fact- myself have been a culprit of it. SA Constitution, which began in does not content-check its news- our campus, and both serve a checking the Spring 2016 elec- I will not deny that I have tak- September. papers prior to publication, and common goal of amplifying the tions to covering the day-to-day en CT criticisms of Senate too Welliora, the combined ex- we must continue this to main- voices of students. We must step actions of each branch. This has personally and unleashed such ecutive and legislative project tain the sanctity of freedom of back and consider our actions, been met with both praise and emotions in ways that were far to promote mental health aware- press on our campus. It is outra- past and future, and ask how we outrage, from both those within from productive. I’m not proud ness, benefitted immensely from geous that members, albeit only can change to truly benefit the and outside SA Government. of it. the series of articles the CT pub- in small numbers, of our govern- student body—with nuanced Criticizing SA Government is On the other hand, if the CT is lished on it last semester. The ment have suggested defund- legislation and nuanced report- not a new thing. It has always truly committed to the truth and newspaper documented the cam- ing the Campus Times solely ing. been a valid target for criticism to relaying both sides of a story, paign from start to finish. But because it publishes things we Bodek is a member of the and controversy. We need this it has not done so with SA Gov- when I asked the CT to consider disagree with. Class of 2019 and a Students’ check from outside. Whether ernment. Again, I do not believe covering my own initiatives, it There needs to be effective Association Government senator. it be through the CT or not, the that the newspaper’s criticism is seemed to refuse because such change on both sides in order to

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“I’m debating in California.” “I’m part of the Midnight “I’m going to Chicago with my “I’m staying here.” “I’ll be resting.” “I’ll be going on a mission trip Ramblers, and we’re touring acappella group Vocal Point.” in Florida.” Washington D.C.” MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 campustimes.org / PAGE 7 FEATURES Rhythm is Recommended, Passion is Required By NITI SUCHDEV the beats of the music, dem- perform with them so badly. I Bhangra was more than just Daley, called him an ex- CONTRIBUTING WRITER onstrating dance combina- just told myself, ‘Go for it.’” Indian dancing. He had dis- tremely dedicated and hard- tions to all the prospective But as soon as the music covered a hidden passion and working member. Ethan Warren wanted to group members. He thought started playing, he was trans- had developed friendships he Warren’s undeniable pas- make a change. He felt dis- he didn’t stand a chance of ported back to his childhood never thought would happen. sion for Bhangra would have connected from his culture making the team. home during, surrounded by “Part of why I love the team never been discovered if he and was determined to em- “I have zero rhythm, so I his family during the holi- is because I get along with had never had the courage to brace it once again. expected to get cut,” Warren days. He could hear his rela- everyone on it and they’re show up to tryouts. As a sophomore at the Uni- tives speaking Kannada and like family to me,” he said. “New things are scary,” versity, Warren had been con- He never viewed could smell the concoction “It’s hard to find that every- Warren said, “never be afraid vinced by his peers to try out himself as a dancer, of curries being made in the where you go.” to fail. If you never try, you’ll for one of the most prominent kitchen. Even though he was His passion for the team never succeed.” groups on campus, Bhangra. but he knew this not with his family, he had carries both on and off the His success on the team is He never viewed himself as would be the best never felt so at home than on stage and is extremely in- more than just his ability to a dancer, but he knew this chance to reconnect that stage. fluential amongst his team- perform well. Warren has re- would be the best chance to His guts to try out paid off; mates. connected with his heritage reconnect with his Indian with his Indian he not only made first call- “Ethan’s a passionate and has made unbreakable heritage. heritage. backs, but he had also made member of the team, always relationships with his team- September 8 was the first the team. Since then, he has bringing his smile and jokes mates. They have become day of tryouts. It was one of explained as he recalled the performed at multiple gigs to the team […] He’s been family, and he will always be the most nerve-wracking eve- details of that adrenaline- and has been able to get back a big support,” said Amogh grateful that he took a chance nings of his life. He watched filled Tuesday evening. “But in touch with his Indian heri- Kare, a seasoned Bhangra and tried something new. as all his friends showed their I was determined to make tage. veteran. Suchdev is a member of the talents on stage, embodying the team because I wanted to But Warren found that Another teammate, Ryan Class of 2019. Treasure Hunting in the 21st Century By NINA LISTRO Something urged me to turn on so find this cache in daylight wandering about. Nothing. I got down on my CONTRIBUTING WRITER some disco. Good disco, like hours or you might be next Although my interaction hands and knees and crawled geocaching, is an underappre- pushing up flowers for sure as with Bicycle Tire Man was a along the length of the fence. Editor’s Note: This is part ciated delight; I shuffled the cabooses follow trains I hear slightly painful one, it wasn’t After about 40 feet, I was suffi- one of two articles about geo- playlist dedicated to the genre that Zombies feast on Brains!” enough to justify aborting the ciently frustrated having found caching. that I have saved on my phone. I was already familiar with mission. However, once I ac- nothing. Pulling out my phone, Notebook: check. Pens: “Do You Wanna Funk” by Syl- this passageway; it’s a conve- tually started looking for the I checked the activity log. check. Hat: check. Phone: vester came on. Dancing and nient exit for my morning runs. “My friend and I stupidly check. Water bottle (with wa- singing along with probably A steel bar was missing com- I realized how spent an hour on our hands ter): check. Trail Mix: check. too much vigor for safe driv- pletely while the two adjacent and knees looking for this one, Trinkets for trade: check. ing, I made my way to campus. ones were slightly bent. A body strange I must have but we eventually came to our So, it’s not your typical hik- It was a Saturday, so it was (undead or living) could pass looked. There I senses and found it haha,” ing checklist, but this wasn’t easy to find a parking spot by through with ease and the well- was, a young girl wrote SometimesBianca. Well, going to be a typical trek—I Goergen Hall that was close trodden earth was evidence that would have been helpful was about to embark on a trea- to the cache. I walked towards that many had. scrounging around about fifteen minutes ago, I sure hunt. Thanks to the un- the brick path that led to the Just as I snuck through, the bushes suspi- thought. orthodox phenomenon that is cemetery, opened the app on a voice came from behind. ciously. I put my phone away and geocaching, gone are the days my phone and bloop! I was “Beautiful day for a walk in eyeballed the fence. A bush when only pirates could pursue instantly notified that I was in the graveyard, ay?” A tall man had swallowed a small portion hidden booty. Now, by simply close proximity of it. holding a bicycle tire stood on of it, creating dark pockets that downloading a geocaching app “Your GPS is only accurate the opposite side of the fence. cache (which was only 15 feet would perfectly conceal a pill to a smartphone, even land lov- to approximately 30 feet. Start He seemed to be heading to- away, according to my phone), bottle–sized cache. I scanned ers can join in on the adventure. looking around for the geo- ward campus, though what he I realized how strange I must the bush slowly, and there it By using the GPS on your was going to do there with a have looked. There I was, a was, covered in camo duct tape phone, the app detects if there Now, by simply lone bicycle tire was besides young girl scrounging around and zip-tied to the fence. are any geocaches (digital me. “Uh, yeah, yeah it is,” I re- the bushes suspiciously. I eagerly opened the contain- markers for containers of trad- downloading a geo- plied, surprised by his address. It was obvious I was not er and took out its contents: a able knick-knacks) in close caching app to a He paused to notice my pack, there to take a walk, nor was I rolled up strip of paper that proximity. Click on one, and a smartphone, even looked at it questioningly for a Instagramming photos of the served as a logbook and a smi- compass will point you in the moment and then went on to la- foliage like most other mil- ley face magnet in a tiny Zip- right direction while display- land lovers can join ment about how he would have lennials. If I were a passerby, loc bag. I unrolled the logbook ing, in feet, approximately how in on the adventure. loved to go for a walk, if only I would have been weary about and scanned the names and far away the cache is. he didn’t have to get back to this crazy girl’s intentions. But, dates of those who had found It was a beautiful fall morn- work so soon. And he walked I was having fun and continued the cache before me. The first ing, and I was headed to Mt. cache,” the app reminded me. away. to examine my Surroundings: find was made back in May Hope Cemetery to track down I was looking for a cache I had thought about telling A tree. Could it be stuck in one and the last was just two days a few(the app showed six on named “Mount Hope Secret him what I was actually do- of those nooks or crevices? I before. I signed and dated the the premises). I decided to ZAP!” hidden by the user Nan- ing. I’ll admit I looked a little stood on my tiptoes,jumped, log and stuck the magnet in my start on the southwest end of cyDrewandJoe. Its description suspicious, carrying more than and circled the tree in a com- backpack, replacing it with a the cemetery, where there was read as follows: “camo-ed pill would be necessary for a stroll plete 360—anything to get a brown piece of Martha’s Vine- a single cache, and then work bottle (original yellow con- through the cemetery. But for new perspective. To no avail. yard sea glass. I stuffed the my way north and slightly east, tainer went missing, if you see some reason, I decided against A guardrail. Maybe it’s hid- contents back in the pill bottle where the rest hid among the it, just throw it out, or contact it. den somewhere in there? I bent and secured it once again to older graves. CO, please) ZAP! No, nothing He’s probably a muggle, I over the rail to get a good look the fence. My adventure pack, a min- to do with electricity, this cache thought to myself, wouldn’t at its backside. A few years ago I walked away, grinning a iature red backpack that would is near a Zombie Access Point! understand if I told him. I went geocaching with a group stupid smile some might have struggle to hold a Merriam- If you see a secret passageway There it was: my first inkling of friends and one of the con- found unsettling if they hap- Webster Dictionary, was load- through the Mt Hope Cemetery that there was an us and a them. tainers we found was secured pened to pass by. Elated in ed with the above items and fence, then you know you’re In the realm of geocaching, by a magnet to the inside of a both gait and determination, ready for action. It was 11 a.m. getting close... winter summer a muggle is a non-geocacher. guardrail. I figured it was like- I felt unstoppable as I headed The sun made an appearance or Halloween duck right down On various forums, encounters ly NancyDrewandJoe could northward onto my next tar- for this excursion and greeted and squeeze between the miss- with these clueless others have have had a similar idea, but get, a cache called “Home me with a balmy 58-degree ca- ing bars and do not fear BUT! been described as uncomfort- that didn’t seem to be the case. Sweet Home” located in the ress to the face as I walked out There might be some zombies able and awkward, so much so What if it’s just lying on the older, more hilly, section of the door. Perfect. near. We can’t be sure, but that some geocachers would ground under some leaves? I the graveyard. I hopped into my little Toyota folks have said through these give up on looking for a cache started kicking the fallen leaves Listro is a member of the Yaris and pulled out my phone. bars pass, each night, un-dead! if there were too many muggles that piled against the fence. class of 2017. PAGE 8 / campustimes.org FEATURES / MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 Patrons Purchase Little ‘World Wide News’ By JUSTIN TROMBLY magazine section through the rink, with its wooden rafters and the hometown Democrat and shootings. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF thicket of lotto machines and ad- faded booth benches—where Chronicle (D&C). The selection World Wide News’ night scene verts. the customers waited that day. features issues from a day or two is little more than a lottery ticket World Wide News doesn’t seem Located off Saint Paul Street, Beneath their chatter and the back, along with thick Sunday line, but the store retains its own to sell much news, at night at least. World Wide News is one part distant hum of a radio, a lotto editions for the more ambitious. charm as a quiet hub of informa- Only a few customers browsed convenience store, one part deli, ticket printer perpetually buzzed, he D&C had sold out earlier in tion. In a way, it peddles in escap- the stacks and shelves of newspa- and one part newsstand. Its park- interrupted by customers calling the day. A man in a black pea coat ism, selling people a way out of pers and magazines at this down- ing lot is perhaps most notable out the numbers they would like jacket stopped to look at the pa- their daily lives, either through town Rochester store one Tuesday for the adjacent building’s mural, punched in. The soft sound of pers for a second, before drifting lottery winnings or the pages of night, even though many passed which depicts a bear cub sleeping instant ticket scratching crept up back into the grocery section and a newspaper. Posted on the coun- through. on its mother’s stomach. The store intermittently. then out the store. ter where customers ordered lotto Instead, most patrons shuffled sticks low to the ground, with grey Past the bullpen and grocery Beyond the newspapers is an tickets Tuesday was a list of win- about the seating area at the front walls and a marquee spelling its section is the store’s namesake: eclectic magazine selection, with ners: $500, $750, $974. of the store, a spartan bullpen name in red and white resting on newspapers and magazines of ev- mainstays like The New Yorker Though not all were so lucky with concrete floors, waiting in top of a canopy of the same color ery ilk. and The Atlantic paired with that night. A man with a lottery line or watching the state lottery scheme, which boasts the store’s First are the papers—national specialist publications, like Bank ticket clutched in his hand stood drawings on a T.V. above. Lottery wares—books, magazines, news- standards like The New York Note Reporter. staring at the T.V., watching the tickets flashed red with messages papers (domestic and foreign). Times, the Wall Street Jour- On the pegboard walls behind winning numbers splash up on of hope and fortune—“Good Eight of the light-backed letter nal, USA Today, the N.Y. Daily the magazine shelves are yellowed the screen. When the numbers luck,” in electronic letters. signs were out. News, the N.Y. Post and the Bos- newspaper issues sealed in plas- settled, he crumpled the ticket If you tried hard enough, you Through the double-doorton Globe, along with regional tic—famous front pages of The and left. might have see the handwritten breezeway is the seating area— favorites like the Syracuse Post- New York Times announcing Trombly is a member of the sign directing customers to the vaguely reminiscent of a hockey Standard, the Buffalo News and rocket launches and presidential class of 2018. Taking a Deep Breath: Being a Woman in Business

By ANNA LLEWELLYN begrudgingly agreed, but not be- campus. The Tufts’ field hockey and support. lopian tube twisted to imitate the CONTRIBUTING WRITER fore he told me that he thought team, for which she assistant- Now that Flaschner had become fist of a human hand, its middle ‘there were better choices to repre- coached, had recently won two an advocate for herself, she could finger raised. The poster was easily visible sent the group.’” national championships, and yet become an advocate for others. In Once the march was over, the despite the thick mist of drizzle In that moment she knew she the program seemed to never be her meetings, she encouraged the sisters watched coverage of pro- that had persisted into the dusk. would yield no longer to what she considered or treated equivalently Simon women to be aware of the tests being held around the world A crudely drawn pink figure faced saw as their condescension. to the university’s male football, value of their contributions. One as they waited at a Whole Foods a ladder with missing rungs. Next “I needed to switch from trying hockey, and lacrosse teams. She undergraduate student, Martissa for the crowds to dissipate. They to her was a blue figure, but his to please everyone to advocating learned from coaches and bosses Williams, uses Flaschner’s advice made their way back to the White ladder was not similarly lacking. for myself and knowing my own of the athletic industry’s sizeable while building her growing ap- House in the evening. Hundreds Beneath, the phrase “someone has value,” she said. wage gap. She learned from them parel business, Rebel (v.). of abandoned signs lay in rows on to work harder” clamored in red The sting of patriarchy was not how hard it can be to be embraced These meetings quickly became the green, and handfuls of Trump and blue sharpie marker. As Kath- always familiar to Flaschner. A as a professional woman. But she a sanctuary for students feeling protesters and Trump supporters ryn Flaschner read the words, she Buffalo native, she grew up sur- also learned from them the best anxious or overlooked. Despite roamed the aisles, reading their knew that this moment would be rounded by many examples of way to take a stand. cautionary comments, Flaschner messages. her favorite of the whole day. strong women, from coaches on “They were always such great scheduled a meeting to provide Flaschner lingered in front of The image reminded Flaschner, her high school field hockey team mentors for their players. I wit- Simon students the opportunity the sign that read “someone has a student at the Simon School of to a seemingly boundless number nessed the power in taking a to discuss their feelings following to work harder.” She studied the Business, of her first year in the of successful female family mem- breath, not getting defensive, and the election of President Donald pink stick figure in front of her MBA program, when she was bers. She prospered with these instead making a plan to prove Trump. incomplete ladder, and thought introduced to the hindrances of role models, and graduated high the ignorant people wrong,” Flas- “Getting too political is looked about her impending graduation being a woman in the male-dom- school with good grades, athletic chner said. down upon in the business world,” from Simon. Her great success as a inated business world. It began prowess, and a sense of self-assur- As she looked upon the presi- Flascher said. “But so many stu- student and leader meant she had when she was elected to represent ance that can be rare in girls her dent of the Simon organization’s dents were affected and scared and many job offers. She was going to the first-year students in a promi- age. indignant face, she remembered just needed to talk about it. As a be a consultant, and the choice nent business organization. The Success remained a theme for the power of her coaches, and leader, I think it’s important to be was hers whether to join an already other three first-year representa- Flaschner as an undergraduate at knew it was time to explore that emotional and vulnerable some- gender diverse company, or to trail tives were all men. the University. She was awarded power. She took a deep breath and times, even if some people don’t blaze as a rare female leader in a At first the instances seemed the prestigious Merle Spurrier made a plan. If he didn’t think she like it.” predominantly male-led company. minor. She was called “Ms. Flas- Award for outstanding athletic was an adequate representative, Flaschner faced similar judg- “All these women around, but chner” while the others were ad- achievement and took on leader- she would become the represen- ments of being “too political” can anyone make a sandwich?” a dressed by their first names. Over ship roles in organizations such as tative of an even bigger group of when she decided to attend the voice called out behind her. She time, she grew more uneasy. It was the Meridian Society, the Keidae- Simon students. Women’s March held in Wash- turned to locate the source. He occasionally suggested that she an Honor Society, and the Student Flaschner soon became the ington D.C. the day after Trump’s was tall and broad, his face ob- be the one responsible for taking Alumni Ambassadors. voice for Simon’s female minority inauguration. Nevertheless, she scured by a red cap. She turned to notes during a meeting. And then, After graduation, she began as the president of Simon Women marched among the thousands her sister. Alyssa did not speak, but things peaked. completing her pre-MBA at Tufts in Business. She began holding beside her younger sister Alyssa, a her face said enough. “I asked the president of the or- University in Boston. It was here bi-weekly meetings with all the Rochester undergrad also studying Flaschner took a deep breath. ganization if he would support a that she first got a glimpse at the female students so that she may business. She held a hand-made And she made a plan. leadership panel I had been asked inequity she would discover once be an accessible resource for them, sign featuring the female repro- Llewellyn is a member of the to speak on,” Flaschner said. “He she returned to the Rochester offering information, guidance, ductive system, the end of one fal- Class of 2017.

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YIYUN HUANG / PHOTO EDITOR BY SAM PASSANISI ‘17 DIFFICULTY EASY A tree outside of Goergen Athletic Center has a crochet sleeve arond its trunk: an example of the work SOCKS does By SREYOSHI SUR patterns with hooks and yarn sisted of “games with a yarn ACROSS: 4) Old-fashioned automaton? CONTRIBUTING WRITER relieves stress and alleviates twist in it.” 1) Slate, for John Locke (per- 5) Game company behind anxiety. Every weekend, the The students organized a haps it was blank?) “Madden,” “FIFA” Have you ever wondered club members meet for two bowling competition. The 4) No match for Moses 6) Desert quality who puts the sweaters hours, finishing their old only condition—use a yarn 10) Poem, in praise 7) Female version of “frat” around the trees near the Go- projects or learning new pat- ball to throw at crocheted 11) Fur trapper’s decor, per- 8) Mathematician Leonhard ergen Athletic center? terns and techniques. pins. haps _____ Who crochets those ador- “Weekly meetings are pret- A similar event is coming 12) Task for Cap. America, 9) At midnight, all of these able amigurumi toys for Val- ty much a time for everyone up next month called “Yarni- Black Widow, Hulk, et al. 13) ___ King Cole entine’s day at Wilson Com- to relax,” Club President and val,” which is exactly what 16) Ivy of Eli? 14) Non-specialist doc mons? senior Melissa Becker said. its name implies. It focuses 17) Flag code of a different 15) Expression of ambivalence SOCKS, that’s who. Knitting and crocheting sort (or, of being Canadian) SOCKS is the acronym is a form of art and self-ex- The only re- 20) Number of fingers, usu- 18) Breakfast beverage coined by the University’s pression, and the club makes quirement is an ally 19) Ivory’s opposite first yarn-crafts group, the an effort to promote yarn- enthusiasm to 21) Between a walk and a 23) Sons of Anarchy, for short Society of Knitting and Cro- crafts. The group holds in- gallop 26) Light boat cheting Students. formal learning sessions for learn a new form 22) iPhone iconoclast 27) Seat in church for little Founded in 2013, SOCKS newcomers. of skill and art. 24) Room temp., for short Welsh dogs? has received many accolades, The only requirement is The group has a 25) Idiot box, also boob tube 29) Ongoing saga in “a galaxy including the Outstanding an enthusiasm to learn a 26) Palmetto state’s postal far, far away” New Student Organization new form of skill and art. variety of needles, abbr. 31) Nashville, TN Grammy? Award last year. One of the The group has a variety of hooks, and an as- 28) Ghostly sounds 32) One-celled organisms objectives of SOCKS is to needles, hooks, and an as- sortment of yarns, 30) Classical tune for a per- 33) Their favorite word is promote the health benefits sortment of yarns, which the vert? “Nevermore” of yarncraft and create a safe club provides. which the club 34) Qatar’s ruler 38) Second word in answer to environment for students to “We teach you if you provides. 35) “Thank you,” abbreviated 3 Down socialize. never had any prior expo- 36) So early in the morning 40) Long-running medical After a long sure or if you want to learn on engaging non-crocheting 37) Same as 36 Across drama on NBC new things, or try different and non-knitting students on 39) American Federation of 41) In a class with sin and week in school, things,” Becker said. campus. Govt. Employees? tan? sitting on a com- The bright yarn decora- During last Halloween and 41) Holey plastic shoe, Bat- 42) Box for cargo, from before fortable couch and tions on trees all over the Valentine’s Day, the group man! shipping containers campus during Meliora organized fundraisers where 43) Bride’s oath 44) Tidy with a towel making new pat- Weekend and orientations they sold small toys made 45) Peace through superior 46) Extra credit, for short terns with hooks are a way for this club to by the club members. The ______47) Postal abbr. for the “Al- and yarn relieves make their mark. proceeds from these events 48) Not good ways Sunny” gang “Putting yarn decorations were donated to different 50) Honeydew melon, by 49) Record albums, e.g. by stress and allevi- on the trees for different fes- charity organizations in the another name Marshall Mathers ates anxiety. Every tivals is common all over the Rochester area. For the Val- 51) Don’t take any wooden 52) A note to follow “sol?” weekend, the club country,” Becker said. entine’s Day fundraiser, the ______(a warn- SOCKS have also provid- proceeds were donated to ing against counterfeit This Week’s members meet for ed yarn decorations for the Willow, a center for domes- breasts) two hours, finish- Relay for Life and various tic abuse victims and Reach, 53) Fink, e.g. Puzzle Solution ing their old proj- other charity organizations. an organization that aims to 54) Playground lever The club wants to decorate provide shelter for homeless 55) Cousin of the elkke and ects or learning benches and lampposts next people. the deerre? new patterns and with a final aim to embellish “We love being able to do- techniques. the whole campus with knit- nate,” Becker said. “We like DOWN: ted decorations. to do this for charity out- 1) Jam or butter substrate One of the group’s high- reach within the Rochester 2) Stock-in-trade for Don After a long week in lights last semester was the community.” Draper school, sitting on a comfort- Yarn Olympics. According Sur is pursuing a master’s 3) Seinfeld’s foray into ani- able couch and making new to Becker, the event con- degree in chemistry. mated comedy

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Write, Edit, Design, Illustrate, Photograph, and Create MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 campustimes.org / PAGE 11 HUMOR Weather Machine Blamed for Tuition Hike Virus Ravages Campus By DAVID SCHILDKRAUT By ERIC FRANKLIN the area. “We don’t know much NEWS EDITOR HUMOR EDITOR about who’s responsible for this rapidly spreading python virus,” Recently announced tuition Doctors at University Health said Department of Public Safe- and room and board hikes for Services (UHS) have been over- ty Chief Mark Fischer, “but we next year are a result of UR’s run in recent weeks by a flurry of got a lead that he may have been weather machine being broken, a cases involving a rapidly spread- wearing black hat.” Campus Times investigation has ing virus. The difficulties experts have uncovered. “The spread of this virus is had identifying the virus’s University President Joel unlike anything I’ve seen in my source extend to formulating a Seligman admitted in an email 37 years here,” said Dr. Horatio cure as well. Saturday that the machine has A. Miba, who heads the Infec- Dr. Richard Barth, of the Mi- been broken since 2015. tious Disease Division at UHS. crobiology and Immunology “I regret to admit that, follow- “We’ve advised the campus Department, discussed the diffi- ing the intense winter two years to sanitize all public surfaces, culty of studying this particular ago, the University’s weather but the rate of new cases hasn’t virus. His team has been unable machine broke down,” Seligman slowed at all.” to infect any of their normal said. “The top Hajim students The epidemic has hit the In- mouse models with the virus. have been working non-stop on formation Technology Services “We’ve been able to find one it for over a year now, but noth- center particularly hard. susceptible mouse strain, but it’s ing seems to be working.” Max Arbad, a student worker, unlike any we’ve ever worked Seligman added that the proj- LUIS NOVA / ILLUSTRATIONS EDITOR discussed the difficulty of keep- with before. They have no feet ect had been receiving funding who have been struck by light- hooky. Sure, it may get cold ev- ing the center open during the or ears, and they have a second from Wegmans CEO Danny ning. Not even Dean of Students ery now and then, but this gener- crisis. tail on the front of their bodies.” Wegman, but support was cut Matthew Burns was able to es- ally warm weather is worth pay- “We’ve been doing our best “Vaccine testing has been dif- after Wegman discovered that cape the wild weather. ing a bit extra for.” to sanitize the public comput- ficult, because their skin is un- Wegman Hall was going to be a “It hit during my daily 3:00 There is an overwhelming ers,” he said, “but people have usually tough,” he said. “When data science center rather than an a.m. yoga session on top of Rush sense of hope, however, that the been increasingly reluctant to we do manage to inject them, actual on-campus Wegmans. Rhees,” Burns reportedly said machine will be repaired quick- use them as the virus has kept not only are the vaccines ineffec- “It was a tough but necessary in a transcript released by the ly. At Monday’s Students’ As- spreading.” tive, they tend to make the mice call to raise tuition rates,” Dean CARE Network. “I’m not sure sociation meeting, Senate voted Through collaboration with worse—even when they only get of Admissions and Financial Aid what to tell students other than to unanimously to scrap the budget researchers on campus, howev- the placebo. In fact, they become Jonathan Burdick said. “Our stu- not hold their phones up outside for this academic year and the er, some progress has been made non-responsive when we give dents demand the highest stan- when trying to get Wi-Fi in the next academic year and allocate on identifying the virus’s source. them any kind of liquid at all.” dard of misery when it comes to middle of the Wilson Quad. Be all funds toward repairing the “At first we thought it may While vowing to keep work- their weather, and we will stop at careful, everybody.” weather machine. have been some kind of worm, ing despite this adversity, Dr. nothing to bring it to them.” Burns declined to comment “I’ll work day and night if I but now experts have told us that Barth waxed cynical with his The Buffalo, N.Y., National further, but not before he an- have to, as long as this machine its transmission likely involves a own opinion on the virus’s origi- Weather Service Office declined gered students by tanning him- gets fixed,” SA Vice President of python attack, possibly during nal source. to comment but provided a list self on the roof of the Freder- Lance Floto said following the a fishing incident,” said Miba. “I know they have their com- of weather anomalies believed ick Douglass Building during presentation of a report from the Divers have been sent into the plicated theories about pythons to be a direct result of the broken Wednesday’s “scorcher.” Board of Trustees estimating that Genesee River to try to find any and fishing and all that,” he be- weather machine. Included in the The action left students out- repairs will take another two de- pythons, which are not native to gan, “but honestly I think some list were the unseasonably warm raged and confused. cades. “We must combat these dumb kid just wasn’t careful weather the past two winters, last “I’m paying thousands more unacceptable tuition increases enough when he was down- year’s blizzard, and an over 40 per year and the administration is and bring honor back to our loading porn.” degree Fahrenheit temperature just lazing around? Ridiculous,” school with a blizzard of actions Franklin is a member of drop Wednesday afternoon into junior W. Heather Pathern said. like no one has seen before.” the Class of 2017. Thursday morning. “Will anybody actually listen to Floto was last seen with Speak- Additional research by the De- our concerns? What happened er of the Senate Lindsay Wrobel partment of Earth and Environ- to our communal principles, to being sucked into a tornado of mental Sciences has found that our sense of empathy?” $100 bills. While unconfirmed, the weather machine has been Other students took a milder several students and faculty have the cause of an increase in the tone, such as those from Hawaii. reported seeing Seligman in amount of severe weather, espe- “Whoever broke this machine the center of the twister, crying cially thunderstorms. is a genius,” senior Sir F. R. while trying to nurse the weather The discovery has left many in Dude said. “Now we can play machine back to health. shock, especially the increasing ultimate, croquet, and frolic in Schildkraut is a member of number of students and faculty the grass all day while we play the Class of 2020. DALIA MITCHELL / CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATOR Dining Lauded for Creative Seating Solution By CHRIS DALKE great initial target for this solu- our main stations.” dents generally agree that the management can now safely CONTRIBUTING WRITER tion was those with food aller- Similarly, by alternating be- allergen station is a fantastic remove many of the tables that gies.” tween pesto (which contains alternative. were in the way of walking When Douglass Dining Hall The CDC estimates that about pine nuts) and other sauces “This is a great option for space. reopened this past fall, it was one in 13 people has a food al- multiple times per meal in the me—it provides all the varia- With fewer seats than before regularly packed with students lergy of some type. pasta line, management dis- tion I need,” said Andrew Fall- but much more floor space, it’s excited to experience its new “By aligning the days in covered it could keep people in stitch, a student interviewed finally possible for students to options. But that excitement which we serve nuts and other the line guessing what type of from the allergen line. “Actu- walk in both directions at once soon turned to frustration as common allergens at various sauce they’d receive. ally, I don’t have any allergies, in the hall during peak hours. students struggled to find a seat stations, we can finely tune how “I really enjoy getting in the but I’m vegetarian and this is Dining services is looking to or move around in the hall’s much time some people spend pasta line with no idea what I the closest thing they offer to a continue this work by only serv- crowded, narrow layout. in Douglass,” D’Makre said. will receive. It adds a lot of ad- salad.” ing black coffee at the coffee Now, Dining Services is be- Instead of ham and beans, the venture to my day,” said Tony Fallstitch added: “My favor- station and replacing all meat at ing praised for its particularly team realized they could serve Paine, a sophomore who fre- ite combo is rice, quinoa, and the Kosher station with pork. resourceful solution to the over- ham topped with pecans or quents Douglass. onions, but sometimes I mix it Next week: The Campus crowding issue. beans with almondine sauce. For Dining, there is the added up and get rice, quinoa, and to- Times covers the University’s “We realized the most cost- “This is a relatively small bonus of keeping lines shorter matoes.” innovative practice of saving effective way to solve over- change for us, and most people by discouraging people with nut The solution to the seating is- landscaping costs by building crowding in Douglass would be don’t even notice the added in- allergies from taking the risk. sue has, overall, gone well so roads and new buildings over to simply get less students to eat gredients,” D’Makre said.“But There are many other options far, according D’Makre. The the few remaining spots of nat- at the dining hall,” explained Fu it’s extremely effective at de- within Douglass and around slightly decreased number of ural greenery left on campus. D’Makre, a member of Dou- creasing the amount of people campus for those who have di- students coming to the dining Dalke is a member of glass’ management team. “A who feel comfortable eating at etary restrictions, though. Stu- hall means that the Douglass the Class of 2019. PAGE 12 / campustimes.org MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT The Demos Discuss Rochester

PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHY SAUNDERS Thursday night at the Bug Jar the Demos, ended their set with a new song which has the working title “Regal Dimensions“. By ISABEL DRUKKER “Lovely” in Japan which is how happening right now in Roches- A&E EDITOR all of that came about. We were ter. We’ve been around in Roch- just seeing a lot of traffic and in- ester a long time playing, but I The Demos are a Rochester lo- terested coming from Japan and a feel like right now is the best time cal band with an indie-rock sound, lot of it is still there, but it’s really in terms of what I can remember YIYIUN HUANG / PHOTO EDITOR self-described on their Facebook difficult to kind of put your finger of a music community, especially UR Trebellious held a concert featuring eight different a capella groups on group as being influenced by on it, being that it’s so far away. seeing ROC4Tim […] I’ve seen a Saturday night. The event raised more than $750 that are going to the Rochster “girls, fast cars, nightlife, girls, It’s sort of different there, music lot of bands be competitive with Education Foundation. reckless romance, and girls.” in general and the music business one another, and it was very cool Their last album “Paramount is different than it is in America. to see that completely disappear. PROCEEDS OF A CAPPELA BENEFIT REF Clouds” came out in April of 2016, I feel like now, not necessarily and since then they have continued Talking a little bit more spe- that it was like this before that performing around Rochester. The cifically about the music, as a show, but now there isn’t a lot of Campus Times conducted a phone whole, y’all have this dreamy, competition between bands to be interview with vocalist Jason indie rock sound, especially better than one another, which I “Jay” Milton. with “Paramount Clouds” you always thought was kind of ri- have this doodle theme coming, diculous to begin with, but now It’s been about a year since where’s the inspiration for that everyone’s helping each other in the release of it [Paramount come from? whatever way they can. For in- Clouds] how do you feel about stance, Joywave is blowing up, the reception of it? We and Cal and Caela used and we’ve been in bands with to live in apartment downtown, those guys and playing with those It’s interesting. It did really it was like a third floor in a big guys since we were teenagers and well for a band putting a record house, it was like an attic and it they’re making an effort to take out on its own, because we do ev- hard a pointed roof and rafters Rochester bands out with them erything independently, we don’t everywhere. While we were liv- on tour whenever they can, and have a label or anything, it’s all ing there, we had these little in- they’re always talking up the city funded and done by us. A single dex card poster boards and extra in general. It’s awesome to have got onto Alt Nation last year ones would pile up, and while we a band from our town at a na- which was a huge deal, we were were hanging out in the apart- tional level and talking about our the only unsigned band […] We ment all of us would just draw little city and what’s going on it. I were in their Advanced Place- these doodles with our free time mean there’s just so many amaz- ment show for a few weeks [… ] and put them on the walls in the ing bands in Rochester right now Listening to it in context of these apartment. By the time we moved and it’s just really cool that ev- other songs, these other bands out of the apartment there wasn’t eryone’s out to help one another. who have huge budgets, it’s a a part of the wall you could see I feel like that doesn’t happen a pretty big deal, to do something anymore. So all the walls of the whole lot in general and I’m just that huge having pretty limited apartment were just covered in glad to be a part of a community resources and a tiny PR budget. these cards of doodles, and that that’s like that as opposed to the We did a lot of cool stuff and met kind of just seeped into our sub- alternative. some pretty cool people out of it. conscious. So like the video for Obviously I’d love to reach even “Clearly” that we made is basi- I’m thinking about “Lovely” more people, but like I said, with cally a lot of those and some we when I ask this question, how TIANYI MA / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER a pretty limited PR budget, it’s a drew just for the interview, but would you say that Rochester No Jackets Required performed a variety of half-time favorites such as James Brown, The Rolling Stones, and Beyoncé at “The Super Bowl Show!” last Satur- little more difficult. basically the concept was making influenced you as an artist? day. the walls of that apartment come Noting it being on Alt Na- alive, essentially. Cal and Caela That’s a really tough question. I NJR PERFORMS FOOTBALL FAVES tion’s AP list, I remember that specially are the visual artists grew up in here, so living here is in 2012 in an interview, Cal said people of the group, I can’t draw really all my experience. I’ve been that a lot of people feel the same people’s apartments. I think we that y’all were trending more in worth anything. I think that will all over the country playing music way, or I hope that they do at least recorded somebody’s bathroom Japan and he said in an inter- always be an element of what we and just travelling in general, but […] I try to make things as uni- that was exceptionally echoe-y view that he was having dreams do.” it’s hard to quantify how much a versal as possible to help people and it sounded really cool. Mak- about it. Do y’all still feel a place has influenced as an artist, identify with the music and the ing that record was so Rochester, closer connection to that side of We spoke briefly at ROC- especially when it’s all you know. words. I think Rochester, I love it in general. the world than you do to the US 4Tim, that was a pretty good I imagine it’s a lot, but I mean here. I’m not really planning on Jay said that The Demos are work- or has that changed in recent portrayal of the Rochester obviously “My City” is about leaving any time soon. I spent a ing on new material right now, some years? music scene—what are your Rochester but in general, I like to lot of time when we were making of which was played at the Bug Jar thoughts on it currently? think our music is general enough “Lovely,” we made that record all on Thursday night. Their goal is to That whole part of it was re- where the feelings conveyed in it over Rochester. We had a studio have new music out this year. ally strange for us in general. So I think that it’s great. I think are kind of attributed to wherever in a backpack essentially that we Drukker is a member of a label came up to us to put out there’s a lot of really cool bands it is that you live […] I imagine would take around and record in the Class of 2017. campustimes.org / PAGE 13

MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 / A&E ‘MEDIA MATRIX’ Sheeran Sells Out (Again) Vaporwave Sound Makes By DANIEL FINE for years to come. The lyrics here of your heartfelt crooners on the CONTRIBUTING WRITER all see Sheeran longing in one way track list undermines the effec- or another, but not with any more tiveness of both. Sure, the track is Nostalgia Surface By BEN SCHMITZ meaning or weight than any of his funny at parts and can be catchy in your ear, the capitalist hells- A&E EDITOR earlier slideshow-core materials. too, but in context especially it cape you inhabit starts to make “Shape of You,” a song that took just feels obnoxious. sense and creating flashcards Since his breakthrough release Sheeran’s producers two months to There are however a couple for your Consumer Psych class “Plus” in 2011, Ed Sheeran has convince him to include on the al- stronger songs on this closing half doesn’t seem like such a dread- had no problems appealing to the bum, is the album’s proudly soul- of the standard edition of the al- ful task after all. masses. With his everyman relat- less pop pinnacle. Ed isn’t playing bum. “What Do I Know?” sees The great thing about study- ability, humble beginnings, and the part of the gentle lover here, Sheeran reflecting on the state of By JEFF HOWARD ing while listening to “OASYS” COLUMNIST fun and earnest pop songs, it’s no but instead personifying the club the world and his ability to have is that it allows me to disassoci- surprise that he’s one of the big- going personality that occupied a voice in it in a pretty heartfelt ate from the experience of be- gest artists in the world today. “÷,” pop songs a decade ago, a person- way that is complemented by the Cat System Corp is a Scan- ing human, which I’ve found to Sheeran’s third and newest release, ality that to his own admission is song’s peppy and light instrumen- dinavian vaporwave producer be very beneficial when study- has naturally been surrounded with not him. It’s just confusing why tal. One of the album’s strongest whose roots go as far back ing. When I hear the track “W hype and high expectations across Sheeran, a man who found incred- songs is its closer “Supermarket as 2013, a period that some i f i & A i r c o,” I am trans- the board, with even Sheeran him- ible success making music he truly Flowers,” a song about Sheeran’s might describe as “a simpler ported back to the year 2003 self prefacing its release by saying felt and truly loved, felt the need mother that features some gor- time for vaporwave.” By now, when my father bought for me it’s the “best thing I have made thus to sell his soul here on his third re- geous arrangements and comes vaporwave is a fairly main- the second installment of the far.” lease that was essentially guaran- across as very genuine, stemming stream term that is sure to gar- “Nancy Drew” series of CD- “Eraser” from Sheer- ner laughs, eye-rolls, or even ROM mystery games, “Stay opens the al- an’s own earnest enthusiasm on liberal Tuned for Danger.” I think back bum with feelings arts campuses. Back in 2013, to the muzak that accompanied a reflection instead of though, vaporwave was less in the game’s central location, a on fame and those of his the public eye than it is now, Hollywood Movie studio with wealth de- producers and it still had a largely mysteri- sterile lights and a friendly livered in and co-writ- ous, unknown aura that was ac- but slightly untrustworthy man a signature ers. centuated by its low-res album working behind the help desk. Sheeran style: The de- covers and mixing style. This My memories of the game are rapped vocals luxe edi- aesthetic was most associated hazy and might be completely atop upbeat tion of the with artists like Luxury Elite, false, but this sits right in with acoustic in- album con- Topaz Gang and, of course, Cat the washed out and distant pro- strumentals. sists of four System Corp. duction style on “OASYS.” As The sound additional From 2015 and onward, va- my falsified memories re-write presented here songs. Three porwave gained popularity the history of my life, I am is not an en- of these, and changed its sound, at least evaporated into a post-human tirely new one “Barcelo- through the mainstream lens. being whose graphics are as for Sheeran, na,” “Bibia Artists like HKE and 2814, ahead of their time for the year but even from Be Ye Ye,” known for their lush and digital 1999 as those of the movie “Po- the very first and “Nancy soundscapes took dominance, lar Express” were for the year song some- Mulligan,” while other sub-genres like 2004. This is to say, I am no thing feels are a re- “hardvapour” gained traction. longer human, but something different. On flection of While vaporwave as a whole much greater—I am a cyborg the horizon Sheeran’s evolved during this time period, working for the Pepsi-Co Plaza. of “Eraser” is recent trav- some vaporwave natives, like From front to back, “OA- a mirage of els around Cat System Corp, stayed true to SYS” is the perfect album to concentrated the world in their low-fi “roots” while still study to. Tracks like “Around top 40 clichés the form of evolving in their own subtle the World in 80 Clicks” have that corporeal- songs des- way, as a reaction to vapor- a sheen that is so glossy they ize themselves LUIS NOVA / ILLUSTRATION EDITOR tined for use wave’s movement towards am- might make you laugh while in the form of in vacation bience over VHS-style fuzz. you’re studying thermodynamic distant “Hey’s” in the choruses and teed to be successful. destination commercials. Upon Cat System Corp’s “OASYS” charts. Other tracks like “Vir- a lingering feeling that “Eraser” is Things look up from here though listening, “Barcelona” and “Bibia from 2015 is a great example of tual Chat 2000” harken back to just a rehashed version of Sheer- with the right merry jig that is Be Ye Ye” conjure up images of the “old-new” vaporwave from those hot summer days when an’s own “Take it Back.” “Galway Girl.” While the gimmick kids jumping into pools, beauti- this time. The album shows Cat you were sitting in your family’s The very same mirage becomes of Irish music influence is execut- ful people running on the beach, System Corp changing from computer room, shooting the fully realized on “Castle on a Hill,” ed almost entirely in stereotypes, and helicopter shots of tropical a warm and grainy sound to a shit on AIM with Smarter Child one of the album’s lead singles. it does introduce some variety islands and cruise ships. “Nancy cold and cacophonous one that and that other chatbot that was Here, Sheeran evokes “Wilder that integrates well into Sheeran’s Mulligan,” despite being about brings to mind modern airport sponsored by Tyson Chicken. Mind”-era Mumford and Sons, sound. This song is on its way to Sheeran’s grandparents, presents terminals, four-story shopping Whatever the track, “OASYS” complete with four-on-the-floor being absolutely massive commer- an equally EPCOT-tier perspec- malls, and customer service ex- is serene, nostalgic, and just a foot-stomping bass drum and piti- cially which serves as a glimmer tive of the world as the other two periences with Microsoft. little bit funny—but on those fully nostalgic lyrics delivered with of hope that when a big artist tries tracks. The truth is, “OASYS” has days when you’re walking to baseless gravity. In the chorus, he something different it can result in If all Ed Sheeran got out of his a special meaning to me not Wilson Commons at 8 p.m. to really “lets it rip,” straining his their biggest successes. travels is stereotypes and Party just as a fan of vaporware, but study for your Econ midterm voice to sing of country lanes with Do not fret however, because City St. Paddy’s Day bargain bin as a UR student as well. Sim- and you ask yourself, “What’s it a calculated grit. He does, after all, Sheeran isn’t planning on changing pandering, it might be best for ply put, “OASYS” is the best all for?,” “OASYS” might save need some way to make this song too much. “Happier” and “Hearts him to not try and turn these ex- album to study to. This is be- your life, transporting you back evoke an emotional response, be- Don’t Break Around Here” bring periences into meaningful songs cause, while some other mu- to a time when George W. Bush cause the Chainsmokers-featuring- back the parred down acoustic It’s rare that an artist sells out sic is good for studying, like was in office and you were sit- Halsey-style name dropping of musings of songs like “Firefly,” after already achieving massive Schubert, “OASYS” has a level ting at your father’s desk trying “Tiny Dancer” certainly isn’t going “Tenerife Sea” and “Photograph” commercial success, but even of emotional depth that actually to get Smartchild to curse back to do it. from his earlier albums. This is an when that does happen it isn’t a complements the study experi- at you. It’s in this nostalgia that The next track “Dive,” the fifth area where Sheeran performs well, guarantee that their new mate- ence without distracting from you remember life wasn’t so track on the album “Perfect,” and but more experimentation here rial will be pop vapidity. Taylor it. As soon as you put on the much better back then, it was the eleventh track “How Would would be a much more welcome Swift went pop with “Red” and first track of “OASYS” and the just different—and as beautiful You Feel (Paean)” can be men- addition to his sound than the over- “1989”, but her stylistic shift felt sound of customer service rep- as it will ever be. tioned in the same breath due to ripe pop tropes of “Shape of You” like something she wanted to do, resentatives, digital bleeps, and Howard is a member of their identical musical function. and “Eraser.” not something she thought would icy plate reverb swirls around the Class of 2017. Every Ed Sheeran album until “New Man” brings back the vibe sell well. Ed Sheeran is losing the end of mankind will likely be established by the album’s earlier the very things that make him a graced with their own “Think- saccharine atrocities but this time compelling popstar, with hubris ing out Loud” clones, much to in the form of a fire-spitting “why and swagger replacing his former Embrace your the adoration of wedding playlist have him when you can have me” honesty and down-to-earth im- curators. These two tracks from takedown of “asshole-bleaching” age. He’s topping charts like nev- creative side: write for “÷ ” answer to this demand, with dudebros everywhere. We get it er before though, so more power their blue-eyed, Marvin Gaye im- Ed, her new guy is a douchebag, to him. A&E. Email personating soulfulness likely to but throwing this social media Fine and Schmitz are members tactfully melt the hearts of listeners era sassiness in the middle of all of the Class of 2019. [email protected] PAGE 14 / campustimes.org SPORTS / MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 Lacrosse Begins Season Clicking on All Cylinders By LAUREN SHARPE Goals from senior attacker Mara SPORTS EDITOR Karpp, freshman midfielder Marina Kern, and another from Levy closed Weeks of preseason training out the first 10 minutes of the first and preparation paid off for the UR half. Women’s Lacrosse team this Satur- Off of a free position shot, fresh- day, as it kicked off its season with man midfielder Kaileigh Davis a dominating win in Pennsylvania assisted to freshman midfielder against Thiel College. Maggie Mckenna’s first goal of her “Theil is a younger, develop- career. In yet another impressive set ing team, and we definitely had of performances from the team’s more experience them them,” ju- rookies, freshman midfielder Jenna nior midfielder Maddy Levy, who Macri scored off of a free position, finished the game with four goals, boosting the Yellowjacket’s goal said. “Regardless of the opponent, count to nine. we really brought our game and Goals from Karpp and Wallisch came before the end of the first half, ‘We didn’t make both their second of the game. Ju- the mistake of nior attacker Brigid Reagan scored understimating with just under nine minutes left, contributing to a score of 12–0 go- our opponent and ing into the second half. playing a style that “We possessed the ball on offense wasn’t ours.’ for long periods of time which has been something we have struggled with in the past, so it’s nice to see came out strong.” improvement in that area,” said Junior midfielder Elizabeth Bot- Levy. to agreed. Before a change in offensive PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS “We didn’t make the mistake of pace 20 minutes into the half, Rea- Senior midfielder Jamie Wallisch had two goals and one assist against Thiel. underestimating our opponent and gan scored twice more, with Levy playing a style that wasn’t ours,” and Seabury tallying one more she said. goal each. The Yellowjackets let Goals came from eight different dence boost that we need to prepare is 1–1 on the season. The team After a goal from Levy within up on the offensive pressure, but contributors against the Tomcats, for the next few tough games com- will continue play throughout the first minute of play and fast did not waiver defensively. As the who are now 0–2 on the season. ing up in the next two weeks or so,” spring break with a home game break from freshman midfielder Ja- game neared its conclusion, Reagen Two of the team’s starters, Mcken- Levy said. “Everyone is feeling re- against Oswego State this Fri- mieson Seabury, the Yellowjackets scored to finalize the score, 17–0. na and Seabury, are freshman, both ally good after the game, which I day, and road games against were up 2–0. Levy tallied her sec- “We stayed composed and of whom scored. Kern and Macri, think is deserved.” St. John Fisher and D’Youville ond goal a minute later and a goal worked hard throughout the whole also freshman, added a combined The team’s first home game Colleges next week. from senior midfielder Jamie Wal- game and everyone got to play,” three more goals to the tally. of the season is this Wednesday Sharpe is a member of lisch followed. Botto said. “This game was a healthy confi- against SUNY Geneseo, which the Class of 2019.

Track & Field Produces Top Ten Finishes at ECAC Championships

By NATE KUHRT but getting the opportunity to set tively. Peterson and Bargabos set SENIOR STAFF a school record with my team- personal bests of 10:07.17 and mates of four years is something 10:25.69 in the race. Looking to set season bests special that I think all of us will The women’s highest-placing and place more athletes in a po- remember.” performance came from the sition to qualify for the NCAA Freshman Hannah Duttweiler 4x800-meter run, where sopho- DIII Indoor Championships, UR set a personal record in the pen- more Alice Freese, freshmen Men’s and Women’s Track & tathlon, and secured sixth place Jordan Hurlbut and Julia Myers, Field teams traveled to Ithaca overall. Continuing this momen- and junior Brianna Loughran College to compete at the East- tum, senior Audrey McCarthy teamed up to post a time 9:43.44, ern College Athletic Confer- and junior Clara Wolfe finished placing them second. Hurlbut ence (ECAC) Championships the 5,000-meter run in 18:03.64 and Myers also scored in the this weekend. En route to these and 18:50.00 to place second and 1,000-meter and mile runs ear- goals, a school record was bro- eighth overall. lier in the meet. ken. On day one of the men’s side For the UR men, senior Brant The distance medley relay of the meet, the DMR team of Crouse captured the 400-meter (DMR) team of graduate stu- sophomores Benjamin Martell title in a time of 49.31. Crouse PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS dent Catherine Knox and seniors and Chris Dalke, freshman Leo returned to the track twice Laura Lockard, Samantha Kitch- Orsini, and senior Eric Franklin more—once to finish seventh in The women placed sixth out of 44 teams at Ithaca College over the weekend. en, and Anne Peterson posted a posted a time of 10:38:77 to se- the 200-meter, and once to team school record time of 12:01.12 cure eighth place. up with freshman Mark West- of which came in the 1,000-me- a lot of strong performances,” on way to their fourth place fin- Day two of the meet for the man, junior Wesley Clayton, and ter run. Orsini and senior Chris Cook said. “With this in mind, ish. That time ranks the team women saw many scoring per- senior Nathaniel Kuhrt to fin- Cook placed fifth and seventh more work needs to be done. 17th in the nation. formances, three of which came ish second in the 4x400-meter. respectively. Also scoring on This meet was a good stepping “The race was really an awe- from the 3,000-meter run alone. Crouse currently sits 18th in all the distance side, Martell placed stone towards our team’s ulti- some performance as a team,” Peterson, McCarthy, and sopho- of NCAA DIII in the 400-meter. fifth in the 3,000-meter run in a mate goals in outdoor track.” Kitchen said. “It may not be more Rachel Bargabos captured Aside from in sprinting events, time of 8:55.53. Kuhrt is a member of enough to get us into nationals, third, sixth, and seventh, respec- UR had three other scorers, two “Overall I think there were the Class of 2017. CATCH THE BIG GAME? INTERESTED IN WRITING ABOUT IT?

EMAIL [email protected]. MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 / SPORTS campustimes.org / PAGE 15 ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Levy Fueled By Close-Knit Team Environment By BELLA DRAGO UR team? CONTRIBUTING WRITER College and high school lacrosse are quite different, Junior midfielder Maddy like with any sport. My team Levy of UR Women’s Lacrosse and I have grown to accom- scored a team-high four goals modate the speed the game. during the team’s season Personally, I would say that opening game against Thiel I have grown in my ability College, which it won 17—0. to balance school and sports Her first goal was scored when effectively, and I have also less than a minute of the game learned a lot about being a had passed, with her second leader as a younger player. coming just a minute later. What do you enjoy most When did you start play- about your teammates/ what ing lacrosse and what made was your favorite moment you do so? with them? I started playing lacrosse in My teammates are all my seventh grade. To be honest, best friends which is impor- I started playing because all tant on a team when you spend of my friends played and it so much time together on and looked cool, but I instantly off the field. We always push fell in love with the sport. each other in practice and in games, and they are one of the What did you find most main reasons why I love the difficult about the sport? sport so much. Almost every When I first started playing, year, we go to a Syracuse the most difficult thing was women’s lacrosse game as just catching and throwing a team, which is one of my the ball accurately. It took a favorite team outings. It’s lot of practice to catch up to really cool to see a top-tier the skill levels of a lot of my Division I team play, and teammates at the time who had it’s even better watching it PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS been playing since they were as a team and hanging out in Levy says that her teammates are one of the main reasons she loves lacrosse. little kids. The practice paid Syracuse. off though, and then the tough to spend in the library so I about it [...] being able to fly part became understanding How do you balance aca- have to be more productive If you could have a super- anywhere and not having to the flow of the game. demics and athletics? with the time that I do have. power, what would it be? walk would be awesome. Managing time is very Late nights in the library and Definitely flight. I know Drago is a member of How have you grown important. When I’m in sea- sleep deprivation are keys to it sounds cliché, but think the Class of 2018. throughout your time on the son, there is very little time success.

LAST WEEK’S SCORES WHAT TO WATCH FOR

MEN’S BASKETBALL IN NCAA SWEET 16 @MARIETTA COLLEGE LAST WEEK’S SCORES URBB (23–4) travels to seventh-ranked Marietta College (26–4) in Ohio next weekend, to play the hosts in a Sweet 16 matchup on Friday at 8 p.m. The winner of that game will play the winner between Whitman College and Hardin- MARCH 3 Simmons University on Saturday. If the ‘Jackets emerge from the weekend, they will become the fifth URBB team WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. KEENE STATE @SUNY GENESEO (NCAA ROUND to make the final four, and the first since 2005. 1)—W(67—55) MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE (NCAA ROUND 1)—W(89—66) LACROSSE VS. GENESEO AND OSWEGO In their first two home games of the season, UR Women’s Lacrosse will look to carry on their winning record after MARCH 4 defeating Thiel college 17–0. The Yellowjackets, who fell to Geneseo 12–5 last season and 14–4 against Oswego, will look to avenge the losses this year. Geneseo is currently 1–1 on the season, and Oswego has yet to compete. MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. UNION COLLEGE (NCAA ROUND 2)—W(82—60) WOMEN’S BASKETBALL @SUNY GENESEO (NCAA ROUND 2)—L(78—72) WOMEN’S LACROSSE @THIEL COLLEGE—W(17—0) MEN’S TENNIS VS. UNION COLLEGE—W(9—0) SOFTBALL BEGINS REGULAR SEASON IN FLORIDA WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. UNION COLLEGE—W(8—1) UR Softball will travel to Orlando, FL over the spring break to begin regular season play against the College of MEN’S TRACK @ECAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS—9 OF 48 Staten Island, SUNY Plattsburgh, Franklin, Hamilton, Lancaster Bible, Saint Mary’s Colleges and Ohio Wesleyan, Rutgers-Newark, Marywood and Stockton Universities. Wins next week will contribute to matching last year’s WOMEN’S TRACK @ECAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS—6 OF 44 Liberty League Championship and NCAA appearance. MARCH 5 WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY—L(7—2) MEN’S GOLF @ UAA MATCH PLAY The members of UR Men’s golf will be spending their spring breaks in Palm Coast, Fla., where they will be com- peting in the 2017 UAA match play championship over the weekend. Last season, the team topped New York University on the first day of the tournament, and fell to Emory on the second. Later in the week, they will travel to THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Pine Lakes, Ga., the host city of the Jekyll Island Invitational tournament.

MARCH 8 WOMEN’S LACROSSE VS. SUNY GENESEO—4 P.M. LAST WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS

MARCH 10 MEN’S SQUASH @ CSA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Senior Mario Yanez Tapia finished as the second-ranked player in the CSA after falling to top-seeded Osama MEN’S TRACK @NCAA DIVISION III INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 1—TBA Khalifa of Columbia University by a score of 11–1, 11–6, 11–5 on Sunday. Yanez finishes his career as a four-time WOMEN’S TRACK @NCAA DIVISION III INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 1—TBA first-team All-American. He set the UR career wins record over the weekend, and made it two years in a row that MEN’S BASKETBALL @MARIETTA COLLEGE (NCAA ROUND 3)—8 P.M. a Yellowjacket made the national championship (Pool Trophy) match. Two other ‘Jackets earned All-American status over the weekend by winning B Division brackets. Junior Tomotaka Endo beat Belal Nawar of St. Lawrence MARCH 11 University 11–8, 8–11, 11–9, 11–8. Endo has been an All-American in all three of his seasons at UR. Sophomore MEN’S GOLF @UAA MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP DAY 1—9 A.M. Lawrence Kuhn, meanwhile, beat the top three seeds in his bracket, ending with a 4–11, 11–7, 11–6, 11–9 victory WOMEN’S LACROSSE VS. SUNY OSWEGO—1 P.M. over Yale’s Spencer Lovejoy. Senior Ryusei Kobayashi was also an All-American this season, making it the fourth SOFTBALL VS. COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND— 1:15 P.M. time in the last five seasons that UR boasts four All-Americans. SOFTBALL VS. FRANKLIN COLLEGE— 3:30 P.M. MEN’S TRACK @NCAA DIVISION III INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2—TBA WOMEN’S TRACK @NCAA DIVISION III INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2—TBA MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TENNIS URMT (4–4) and URWT (2–2) posted impressive victories over Union College on Saturday at the Goergen Athletic MARCH 12 Center, sophomore Masaru Fujimaki, junior Andrew Nunno, and freshmen Sahaj Somani and Tanmay Thakkar each picked up multiple wins for URMT in their 9–0 victory against the Dutchmen (2–4). Meanwhile, sophomore MEN’S GOLF @UAA MATCH PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP DAY 2—9 A.M. Camila Garcia, junior Alex Wolkoff, and senior Lauren Zickar also had multiple wins as URWT won 8–1 over the SOFTBALL VS. FRANKLIN COLLEGE— 10:45 A.M. 0–4 Dutchmen. The ‘Jackets then lost to 18th-ranked Case Western Reserve University, 7–2. Freshman Sravya SOFTBALL VS. COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND— 1 P.M. Gudipudi and senior Darby McCall had the ‘Jacket’s two wins, with both coming in singles play. PAGE 16 / campustimes.org MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2017 SPORTS Superior Shooting Propels URBB to Sweet 16 By TREVOR WHITESTONE in the second half, opening the SPORTS EDITOR period with three 3-pointers and 11 points in the first four min- URBB advanced to the NCAA utes. He finished with 20 points, Division III Sweet 16 for the four rebounds, and three steals. ninth time in program history, Senior forward and All-UAA and the first since the 2010-11 second teamer Zack Ayers was season, with wins over Albertus limited by foul trouble for most Magnus College and Union Col- of the game, leading him to only lege. The Yellowjackets (23–4) play 22 minutes. Nonetheless, continued their trend of out- he was an important presence shooting opponents during the for the ‘Jackets, recording 11 two games, which they hosted rebounds, five of them on the as part of a four-team playoff on offensive end. Friday and Saturday. Sophomore guard and All- Against the Albertus Magnus UAA honorable mention Jacob Falcons (23–5), UR held a 48.6– Wittig was a key performer 30 advantage in field goal per- as well, with 8 rebounds to go centage. The effect was ampli- with his 9 points and 6 assists. fied on 3-pointers, where they Forward and fellow sophomore shot an impressive 44 percent Andrew Lundstorm chipped in and held the Falcons to a dread- with an efficient 12 points and ful 2–24 (8.3 percent) mark. The 5 rebounds in just 16 minutes. game was only remotely close The ‘Jackets used these per- because of free throws, since the formances and others to main- PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS ‘Jackets only attempted seven to tain a healthy lead over the Fal- the Falcons’ 24. cons, which grew to as much as Senior guard Mack Montague had 20 points against Albertus Magnus, 11 of them coming in a four-minute span. UR led by double digits for 29 late in the second half. most of the game, starting mid- The Falcons looked a bit cold in December, a game which it Montague had less of a statisti- ing, as the Dutchmen went just way through the first half. The shooting the ball when they won 77–58. The Yellowjackets cal impact on this game, scor- 9–32 from three and shot 36.5 team first gained a stranglehold happened to get decent looks, had less of a degree of control ing only 10 points each, Ayers from the field overall. on its opponent when senior but that was probably because in this game, though they led picked up the slack, leading the The team’s next opponent forward and UAA player of the it was difficult to develop a almost the entire time. They team in scoring promises to be tougher, as it year Sam Borst-Smith made a rhythm from taking so many seemed to be running away with He had 26 points on 10–13 will travel to Ohio to play at spin layup and a three-pointer in deep, contested shots on previ- things in a similar manner to shooting, despite logging only seventh-ranked Marietta Col- back-to-back possessions, giv- ous possessions. They largely Friday, opening up the second 20 minutes, and went 3–5 on lege. However, if the ‘Jackets ing the ‘Jackets a 33–17 lead had themselves to blame for half on a 9–2 run to push their 3-pointers. This contributed to play like they did over the past and whipping the crowd into a this, since their typical offen- lead to 43–24, but the Dutch- an impressive team showing in weekend, they will have a good frenzy. sive possessions involved a few men owned the next 11 minutes, that department, as UR made shot of surviving and advancing Borst-Smith scored 18 of his perimeter passes and a lot of outscoring UR 36–22 to pull 14–24 from beyond the arc. Wit- to the Final Four. 24 points in the first half. He dribbling by one or two play- within seven. tig, who had a double-double The weekend’s two games also finished the game with five ers, which manifested itself in The ‘Jackets responded to the with 13 points and 10 rebounds made it clear that the ‘Jackets rebounds, five assists, and three an absurdly low 3 assists on the tense situation by putting the to go with 6 assists, made all are back to being the team that three of his attempts. Overall, started the season 19–1, and not Sophomore Saralinda Schell will continue her career on the Women’s Rowing steals, a statline that has been game. game completely out of reach. team this year. typical for him this season. Fel- After their opening win on They scored the next 15 points, five Yellowjackets made mul- the one that lost three of its last low senior guard and first-team Friday, UR moved on to play the 12 of them coming from Ayers tiple three-pointers. five regular season games. All-UAA member Mack Mon- Union Dutchmen (17–11), who and Borst-Smith. Although the Meanwhile, URBB once again Whitestone is a member of tague further buried the Falcons the team had also played at home tandem of Borst-Smith and limited their opponents’ shoot- the Class of 2019.

URWB Wins in Opening Round Before Narrow Exit Against Geneseo

By LAUREN SHARPE guard Lauren Foley sunk two Sixteen. The host Knights (28– SPORTS EDITOR free throws, and senior guard 1) focused on keeping the ball Sarah Kaminsky’s three-point away from UR’s top scorer, On Monday, it was an- shot found the basket. Leslie, who did not score until nounced that UR Women’s Bas- Foley, who had eight points the eighth minute. ketball (URWB) had received on the night, then made a layup At the end of the first quarter, a bid into this year’s NCAA to seal the 11–0 run. UR led UR trailed 21–11, but fought tournament, despite consider- Keene State 49–38 at the start to come back in the second able uncertainty over whether of the fourth quarter and main- quarter after Deming, Kamin- it would make it. tained their lead to pull off an sky, Foley, and junior guard But the team’s hopes were impressive 67–55 first round Lizzy Atkinson each hit three- dashed by the slimmest mar- win. pointers. Leslie followed with gins on Friday, when the After being selected as the five points, which included a Yellowjackets lost 78–72 to first ever UR women’s player 14-footer in the paint. At half- host team SUNY Geneseo in in history to be a finalist for time, the Knights still topped the second round after a first- the Josten’s Trophy, and being UR, but by a smaller margin round win over Keene State named to the UAA first team with a score of 37–34. PHOTO COURTESY OF UR ATHLETICS College. earlier in the week, junior for- UR opened the third quarter Despite tying the game at 37– ward Al Leslie scored a team- by tying the game at 37–37 after Junior guard Lizzy Atkinson had 13 points in 17 minutes against Geneseo. 37 at the beginning of the third high 16 points against Keene Kaminsky hit a three-pointer. A quarter, the Yellowjackets were State on Friday. Junior guard 10–0 run from Geneseo during was 60–57 when Geneseo’s prevailed. defeated by the Knights, who Lauren Deming had 14 points the third quarter contributed to Bridgit Ryan sunk a 12-footer The team’s win against Keene advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. and also received UAA hon- the Knight’s 58 points going from the right baseline, with State was Coach Jim Scheible’s After one quarter of play ors, named to the second team. into the fourth quarter, which Leslie answering with a layup. 25th at UR, who has taken the in the first round game, the Sophomore guard Lena Ething- had their home crowd of 700 Geneseo then went on a 10–2 Yellowjackets to the tourna- Yellowjackets (18–9) led the ton had her first career double- on their feet. to make the score 72–61, with ment 11 times. Leslie is now Owls (21–8) by three points, double, with 10 points and 10 UR responded in the fourth 2:57 remaining in the game. the single-season record-holder and by four at the half, by a rebounds against the Owls. quarter, with freshman guard In the game’s final minutes, in free throws made in one sea- score of 27–23. In an offensive On Saturday, UR faced the Brenna James hitting a three- Atkinson made a 19-footer off son with 134, and remains third surge in the third quarter, junior top-ranked team in the NCAA point shot from the left corner the left baseline, with Kamin- in all-time career scoring. forward Al Leslie made back- Division III East region, SUNY and Kaminsky sinking one from sky hitting another three-point- Sharpe is a member of to-back jump shots, freshman Geneseo, for a spot in the Sweet the opposite corner. The score er, but, in the end, the Knights the Class of 2019.